Social mobility experts welcome change in which students will instead be asked to answer three questionsThe years of sixth formers and their families agonising over personal statements for their university application forms will...
Read MoreMove follows reports overseas students face lower entry requirements, a claim universities rejectThe Department for Education is to investigate allegations of bad practice by agents who recruit international students to study at...
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Read MoreConcerns that ‘cancel culture’ is blighting universities appear unfounded, according to OfS reportNearly nine in 10 students in England feel free to express their opinions and beliefs, according to a...
Read MoreUniversity says about 20% of final year students will be unable to graduate if industrial action continuesMore than 1,000 final year students at Durham University could be left without a degree this summer because of the marking...
Read MoreGrowing numbers of students are experiencing hidden homelessness or accepting poor accommodationStudent housing is reaching a “crisis point” not seen since the 1970s, when students slept in sports halls and their...
Read MoreFrustration growing at delays that leave some unable to take up prestigious posts for up to seven monthsUK politics live – latest news updatesThe best international scientists are being deterred from coming to the UK due...
Read MoreOn eve of results day admissions teams report surge in interest from students looking for places via clearingTens of thousands of students who will pick up their A-level results on Thursday face a last-minute scramble to secure...
Read More‘Line has been crossed’ say English universities, after request to drop scheme identifying barriers to ethnic minority studentsUniversities in England have launched a fightback against government attacks on their...
Read MoreExclusive: Government strips council of role in programme, which replaced Erasmus after BrexitThe British Council will be stripped of its role in running the £110m Turing student exchange scheme and replaced by the...
Read MoreMore than 40,000 students could be offered places in new Turing scheme – though costs may not be fully coveredThe government’s replacement for the Europe-wide Erasmus student exchange scheme appears to have got off...
Read MoreAdmissions officers reining in offers owing to fears of another set of strong results in teacher-assessed A-levelsStudents are missing out on offers for popular courses as UK universities fear a repeat of last year’s...
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